FS Class E646 - Accidents

Accidents

On April 15, 1978, an accident involved units E.645.016 and E.636.282 in Murazze di Vado (Bologna). The train hauled by these two locomotives derailed due to damage to the line caused by a landslide, and ended poised over a slope. When the first rescue had already arrived, both locomotives were hit by an ALe 601 railcar on the express service Freccia della Laguna; the coaches fell into the slope, while the locomotives piled up one on top of the other on their sides. The accident caused 32 deaths and 120 wounded. Verona's football club was travelling on this train. They escaped unhurt because at the time of the accident, they were having lunch in the restaurant wagon. After the accident, E.645.016 was scrapped.

In Florence Firenze Castello station, on March 23, 1998, unit E.646.009 was hit by EMU ETR 480-34, that was running between Rome and Bergamo, and that passed a signal at 'danger' without stopping (SPAD); the accident caused one dead and 39 wounded. The E.646 was later decommissioned.

  • First series E.645, with FS Class E.636-like cab

  • E.646 hauling a freight train

  • E.646 locomotive in its last livery

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